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She Tartalax : gre ap fy effervescing ing health salt. Comes into stock Sg nmended. 75c. per bottle. J ; Milk of Magnesia A 16 ounce bottle, put up by Parke Davis & Co. © Sells at 50c. per bottle. Cameras, Kodaks and Films : All kinds of them in stock. PRATT'S BABY CHICK FOOD AND LOUSE KILLER AND KRESO DISINFECTANT. 'MOIR'S CHOCOLATES ALWAYS IN STOCK. 'P. G. MORRISON Druggist and Stationer, Port Perry. ERNEISRRESSRRUERE ! n ~The Peoples' Meat Market * ~ " - We sell everything you want in choice, clean, palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. 3 If you want it geod BERT MacGREGOR Will do the'rest. "Ring up Phone 72. CS ASIA IS, ON A # | Baby Chicks This is the time of year to have your Chicks coming along. In order to produce good healthy, vigorous birds it is. necessary to have the proper kind of food, otherwise you cannot expect to get best results. Blatchford's Milk Mash 'is especially prepared to make chicks grow fast and keep them in excellent health. We have it. . We also have Baby Chick Scratch feed and Laying Meal for. your hens. If gou have never tried any of above do so this year and observe the results, You will more than be { ~ pleased. et All kinds of Farm and Garden Seeds, Groceries, Boots "and Shoes and Crockery. ¢ 3 We will be pleased to serve you. J. F. McCLINTOCK ; FORT PERRY, ONT. - WE SERVE TO PLEASE a TR RR ewig ren WI PR SE RETR x A al as 5 -- Try our Bread, Buns and Confection- rE ery and you' will be pleased. 5 Ir = z 3 fs E.-H. GERROW. & SON... ci HuksrsandContoclioners, Pert Petry, go ¥ 2 Sled oe * rr A We can get the an + A -------- to bring their grievances HR result will be suffering The first thing the these five millio be the home and the helpless children. ive Million British Workers to Strike-- These British workmen hope to strike capital, and to the minds of the in the home. x strike it hard. They hope fn i ritish people, so that the indispen- Ji; sible usefulness of the workers will be appreciated, and proper living conditions guaranteed for daily service rendered. 5 n British workers will strike, however, will No matter how just their cause, the first ; 1 It is a terrible condition. _ capital" has deprived labor of a fair share of the fruits of labor, the off even the "'pittance" that has been the source of living. ~~~ These facts have nothing to-do with the merits of the case: terrible thing, and the striker's family are the greatest sufferers. If "grinding "'strike" cuts A "strike" is" a There ought to be some less brutal way of settling the differences between capital and labor. If the should be good for settling differences within t judg and labor. League of Nations is ood for the world, arbitration e nation. ent should be tne value of the SERVICE to the natiqn rendered by capital Each should be rewarded according to that service. And the basis of the Sitting in judgment on these disputes is no easy matter. It is very difficult to know all the facts and weigh them group or the or the other. ispasionately. Our sympathies go to one With the poerer class of workers, living conditions have been bad in Britain for centuries. We have no idea in Canada of the poverty that exists there, of the poor quality of the food that is eaten, of the miserable quarters in which shelter 1s found. These workers have been compelled to take whac the employers chose to give them, without relation to the value of their work. Cases are cited where three groups of people (you could not call them families) occupied the same rooms and beds, each having the right to sleep in this shelter for eight hours and no more. wearing the clothing in turn. hope of anything better. Plying her needle and Stiteh! Stitch! Stitch! And still with a voice of Britain. the Englishman. working days. an annual loss of 12,390,0 employers, and forty-four DIED SUDDENLY Mr. Silas J. Fitchett, died suddenly at his home, at Manchester, Ontario, on Tuesday morning. He had driven feel well, and in a few" minutes ex- | pired in hi¢ chair. Mr. Fitchett had been troubled with~ his heart for 'some time and this attack proved fatal. Deceased was a successful farmer who had lived all his life at Man- chester and was a man very widely known throughout this locality. The h s sudden death, | e ah a prmeremeelCrrte-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR . Dear Sir: = May I encroach upon your valuable space to make a few re- marks, I believe of public interest, concerning the present, train service, here, upon the . Canadian National It is apparent to every patron of | the line that it couldn't possibly be any worse, for our people can go north nor south, anywhere, ar turn the same day, unless they diseard all thought of business and just devote the day to making the With fingers weary and worn, ~*~ With eyelids heavy and red. A woman sat in unwomanly rags, In poverty, hunger; and dirt; She sang the song of the shirt. labor unionists have limited production. aggregate period of 26,570,000 days. to" Prince Albert on some business, on'| returning home he said he did not} was: greatly shocked at) joy-ride, around the belt-line. | 30] and other municipalities" along the Filth, and cold, an Clothing and bits of finery are bought co-operatively, the various owners misery everywhere, and no Hood's "Song of the Shirt" was no dream-- thread dolorous pitch, Till over 00 working days. per cent were compromises, pm. Standard Time--allowing you just one hour to do business. If you go south, allowing for Toronto noon hour, you have but little more time, so little indeed, that nobody can 'tFansact "his business without a' cori- stant hurry. : Are we not entitled to more con- sideration? Did not the railway agree to give the municipalities a decent service in return for the financial assistance the latter gave them? Can a railway treat its guarantees and pledges like so many "scrapts of paper" and force the peo- ple to"ficcept Po whatever they have spineless and indifferent that we will | simply keep mum, and allow our- selves to be "flim-flammed" in this way, with our eyes wide open? I think not. A bargain, is a bargain, and if conditions have changed the terms of the agreement should be altered only by mutual consent. Now is the time to get busy and make our: selves heard. This very same change was contemplated last year but there was such vigorous protest it never be- came effective. This time it came as a bolt from the blue, catching us an- prepared, but we should raise such a storm agaifi, that our wishes would be granted: when the change to sum- month. This is a matter for the The great middle class of people have lived "industriously and comfortably. -- At heart the British people are the finest in the world. Their sense of fairness is proverbial, and if the nation is thoroughly roused "there will be drastic changes in the interests of justice. an enormous task, because "minding one's own business" is almost a fetish in The idea of interfering with other people's affairs is very distasteful to Every man is master in his own house. But it must be rémembered that the quarrel is brou and the arbitrators will be the great middle class. There is another phase of the trouble that must not be overlooked.. Extreme They have deliberately slowed on their work at a time when every bit of energy should have been put forward to keep for Great Britain her industrial supremacy which had been bought at such great cost. This fact in the minds of many outweighs the miseries of the poor. The Toronto Globe gives these figures--'In 1919, her worst year, 2,591,000 people were involved in stoppages, but there were 1352 disputes, and they were spread over thé year. ' In 1920, 1607 disputes kept 1932,000 people idle for an n 1912 1,462,000 persons lost 40,890,000 Over a-period of thirty-two years there has been an average of 732 disputes annually, throwing an-average of 581,000 persons out of work, with Out of 25 important stoppages from 1910 to 1924." seven involved coal miners, six involved shipbuilders, seamen, 'and . dock workers, while two involved railway workers, and two were in the building «trades. - Sixty-six- per: cent.- of ~these:strikes were over-wages. .. Twenty-six per cent. of the strikes were settled in favor of employees, thirty per cent. in favor of i shiina "to offer? Are we fo bd sofe | mer schedule "is. made early. next | ~ Work--=Work--Work, ° Till the brain begins to swim! Work--Work--Work' Till- the eyes hre heavy and dim, Seam; and gusset, an Band, and gusset, and seam; band, the buttens I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream, Acccentnating this picture of misery and degradation, there are enormously rich, luxury loving, overbearing people, who haye embittered the lives af all about them. Such extremes are not good for the nation. BUT--these are the extremes. But the rousing will be ght about by extremists, line to deal with, and to see, or better demand that their respective people get something for the money they gave the railway company. They should get together at once, and back- ed by other bodies and public senti- ment, present a united front in strenuous opposition--to- the present schedule and have the proper officials restore the former service next month. If we must have only one train, by all means and in all reason let us have it run on a schedule that will give us the best service possible and even then it will leave much fo desired. The tourist traffic will-be starting in June, but with the present service people cannot get here for the week end, neither can those who work in Oshawa get home by rail. If the train left Whitby at 6.40 p.m. as formerly, it would give all concerned much better service and satisfaction, and if we get busy now, and in earn- est, and, register a vigorous protest we may have what we desire, and have -no further "trouble in future. The C. N. boasts it purpose is to serve the people not to pay dividends, then let us see to it that we get what we are entitled to and have paid for with hardcash. We can do so, if we get down to business. Might I suggest Editor, that 'you exert your infl 'e toward this | elected representatives of our town end, for the public's benefit. Thank you, ~ Yours truly, ' One Interested. +4-route. hon praying that a Government survey may be made of this eee OUR transactions embracing ] trade with foreign countries, will be expedited by enlisting the services of the foreign exchange department of the Standard Bank. Our connections extend to all points of commerce throughout the civilized FIFTY world. Our local manager can keep * you posted regarding the rapidly YEARS fluétating Values of foreign monies and quote moderate rates for the transfer of funds to or from places outside of Canada. STANDARD BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Nestleton Station, Sunderland SCUCOG and its ENVIRONS By REV. F. G. WEIR (Continued from last week) . Unfortunately, about 1875, and again in 1904 great numbers of the fish were killed. The lake level was low, the winters were exceptionally severe, the water froze nearly to the bottom, there were no air holes and consequntly the fish died. It is said that in-the-spring when people cut holes 'to get mud-cats they came into the holes by the hundreds and people could fill bags as many as they cared to. There was a crack across from- Scugog to Cartwright late in the spring and the "lunge were found along that crack in great numbers. - The lake shore was lined with fish after the ice melted, the odour of decaying fish polluted the air and people were afraid that there would be an outbreak of some dread disease. THE CANAL / - About 1863 Ontario County was taking a very great interest in the proposal to bring the Georgian Bay Canal by the Scugog Such-a-ecanal-had-been thought of as-a possibility 'many years before. A certain Missionary who visited the Indians on Yellowhead Island, 1830, says in his report, "Lake Simcoe is probably the most elevated of the Canadian lakes. The Indians say it may be connected with the Bay of Quinte by a.canal uniting it with Buckhorn Lake, thence passed down Mud Lake, Schooag Lake, Rice Lake and the River Trent. This may probably be under- taken in a few years, if the Superior wealth and enterprise of the inhabitants of York do not prevent it by uniting it to Lake Ontario at that place either by a canal or a railroad. Or may not that spirit of enterprise which has made a harbour at GCobourg;-add to the importance of that flourishing village by bringing the wealth of these interior lakes to the Ontario, at that place by a canal from Rice Lake? As.to the nature and extent of the dif ficulties that may be in the way of either enterprise, or which of them may be most practicable, I am not competent to say. John Sunday told me that he went by water from Lake Simcoe to the Bay of Quinte by carrying his canoe over one portage of nine miles near Lake Simcoe." The Ontario County Council in June, 1863, appropriated $600 for the purpose of making a Survey of the proposed route and ascertaining its practicability. Mr. T. C. Keefer, C.E., was em- ployed to make the survey. In his report he said "I have ex- amined the country between the township of Whitby and Thorah, in the County of Ontario, as well as the valleys of the Seugog, Sturgeon and Balsam Lakes, and the Talbot Portage route, in order to determine the practicability of constructing a canal be- tween Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario, by the route of Lake Scugog. "The.renewed importance which has been given to a Georgian Bay Canal, since the diversion of western trade from the Missis- sippi to the great Lakes, has induced your county authorities to undertake this examination, ip order to bring forward the merits of the Scugog route, in competition with the only one hitherto agitated, that by the valley of the Holland and Humber rivers west of Toronto. "As t"hé xtreme eastein outlet, although the natural one, embraces a length of navigation of over 200 miles between Hurbn and Ontario. in addition to the maximum lockage, it cannot come into competition with either of the other routes in point of dis- tance. As a military work, the extreme eastern route already mentioned, by the Trent and Bay of Quinte, might be preferred; but if commercial considerations prevail, the ouestion of route will be limited to the townships of York and Whitby." In 1870 Mr. John Hall Thompson, M.P., for Ontario, in the Parliament urged the consideration of the valley of the Beaver River and Scugog Lake route for the proposed Ontario Georgian. Bay Canal. e said the County Coumcil had appropriated a sum of money in 1863 for the survey of the route, and that he was deputed by the Council of 1864 to attend Quebec to urge upon the Government the consideration of this route. and had received assurances that it would, and moreover a committee urged that when money was set aside by the Government this route would be preferred. 3 In 1865 the Scugog township council took action in the fol- lowing resolution passed at the March- meeting. . "Whereas we forming us that they have taken measures to memorialize the three branches of the Legislature in favour of the construction of, the proposed 'Georgian Bay Canal through this County and the Reeve be authorized om behalf of this rae ad: their memorial." ; rt ar © All the energy that was put into the attemvt to bring canal through Whitby township was in vain. however the 8 route was recto and the choice fell upon what Mr. Keefer "The natural Outlet"--the Trent River. eee {To be continued.) have received a communication from the township of Reaeh' in- « the Tig